Rebound (film)

Infobox Film
name = Rebound


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director = Steve Carr
writer = Jon Lucas,
Scott Moore
starring = Martin Lawrence,
Wendy Raquel Robinson,
Breckin Meyer
producer = Robert Simonds
distributor = 20th Century Fox
budget =
released = July 1, 2005 (USA)
runtime = 103 min
language = English
imdb_id = 0376108

"Rebound" (2005) is a comedy starring Martin Lawrence. The film was directed by Steve Carr who has directed several other films including for "Next Friday", "Dr. Dolittle 2", and "Daddy Day Care". In addition to Lawrence, "Rebound" also has an additional cast of Breckin Meyer, Horatio Sanz and others.

The film was released in July 2005 and was savaged by critics and audience members alike. It made just over $6 million in revenue after its opening weekend and went on to gross only $16 million at the U.S. box office. This makes it Martin Lawrence's poorest performing film to date, in terms of revenue made.

ynopsis

Coach Roy McCormick (Lawrence) was once college basketball's top mastermind. His attention began to turn on what endorsement contracts he could secure instead of actually coaching his team. Also, Coach McCormick has a quick temper. He lets his temper get the best of him in most situations, and after accidentally killing an opposing teams mascot during a game, he is banned from coaching college basketball (again) until he can show that he can control his anger.

McCormick waits for a coaching position, yet nobody calls. Eventually he receives only one offer: the Mount Vernon Junior High School is looking for somebody to coach their basketball team, the Smelters. Roy reluctantly accepts the offer, hoping that a few weeks at the school will prove his good intentions and restore him to his high-living ways as a celebrated college coach. As McCormick begins coaching the squad, he gets into a situation that he has never been in before and doesn't know what happened to him. He eventually starts teaching the concepts of basketball to his new team. With the teaching and learning done between the two, the Smelters eventually start having success. The success leads Coach McCormick to find what he has been missing all this time, not a big coaching gig, not a high-dollar endorsement, but his simple love of the game.

Tagline
*A comedy where old school ... meets middle school!!!!

Cast

*Martin Lawrence as Roy McCormick/Preacher Don
*Wendy Raquel Robinson as Jeanie Ellis
*Breckin Meyer as Tim Fink
*Horatio Sanz as Mr. Newirth
*Oren Williams as Keith Ellis
*Patrick Warburton as Larry Burgess
*Megan Mullally as Principal Walsh
*Eddy Martin as One Love
*Steven Christopher Parker as Wes (Steven C. Parker)
*Steven Anthony Lawrence as Ralph
*Logan McElroy as Fuzzy
*Gus Hoffman as Goggles
*Tara Correa-McMullen as Big Mac (as Tara Correa)
*Amy Bruckner as Annie
*Beau Billingslea as NCBA Board Member
*Alia Shawkat as Amy
*Cole Evan Weiss as Opposing Player #2
*Cody Linley as Larry Burgess Jr.

Trivia

*The working title for this movie was "Rage Control".

*The film was shot entirely in California, even though it was based in Ohio. It was shot primarily in Los Angeles with filming also occurring at 20th Century Fox studios as well. The gym scenes were shot at Eliot Middle School in Pasadena.

*Tara Correa-McMullen, who played the role of Big Mac in this film, was tragically killed in what is believed to be a gang shooting. She sustained several gunshot wounds and was killed on October 21, 2005 at an apartment complex in Inglewood, California. She was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Hollywood Hills, California.

*ReelSports was contracted to train the young actors in the film.

*An alternate ending on the DVD is slightly altered from the original.

*In the scene where they meet Coach Roy, there is a bug on Fuzzy's torso.

*During the newspaper scene, one headline was "Helter Smelter", a reference to the Helter Skelter Shootings.

*Towards the end of the film, comedians Katt Williams and Cedric The Entertainer make cameos as pimps.

External links

* [http://www.reboundthemovie.com/home.html Official website]
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